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JoeSportsFan Show
The JoeSportsFan Show

Weekly show hosted by JoeSportsFan personalities Matt Sebek and Josh Bacott, highlighted by the infamous "Wiffle Ball" round table featuring prominent sports bloggers from across the country and topics from the obscure to the more obscure.

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Episode 37
November 9, 2009






We begin Episode 37 by rehashing the greatest #37 to walk the planet; Keith Hernandez. We also discuss a little Twitter trend the emerged this week; rejected ESPN "30 for 30" concepts.

Guests: Will Brinson (AOL Fanhouse, BusterSports.com, Brahsome.com) and Zach Harper (TalkHoops.net).

Topics Include: worst haircuts in sports, boring uniforms, sports wall posters and celebrities running sports franchises.




Episode 36
October 26, 2009






We review the news of Mark McGwire becoming the new St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach the only way we know how; by looking at ridiculous message board comments from across the nation.

Guests: Jay Busbee (Y! From the Marbles, Y! Devil Ball Golf) and Maggie Hendricks (Y! Cagewriter)

Topics Include: stadium names, crying NFL players, athlete Halloween costumes, non-athlete broadcasters.




Episode 35
October 19, 2009






we discussed a few seemingly useless enhancements to the MLB playoff baseball television experience. We also reviewed JoeSportsFan's miraculous appearance on ESPN's SportsNation last week and I gave a few thoughts regarding Blogs with Balls in Vegas last week.

Guests: Adam Best (FanSided.com) and Chris Lucas (Blogs with Balls)

Topics Include: Worst sports week you've experienced, fat football coaches, bad NFL quarterbacks and tailgating with professional athletes.




Episode 34
October 13, 2009






Sebek and Bacott review one of the most successful columns in JoeSportsFan.com history; Jersey Wearing 101. In this column, Mr. Bacott broke down 7 rules that should govern any sports fan when they're choosing a personalized sports jersey.

Rules include: "No personal first names," "No personal last names" and "Clever names or numbers aren't clever".




Episode 33
October 5, 2009






We give our 2009 MLB Playoff Predictions (JoeSportsFan style, of course) - including guessing which playoff team's locker room smells the worst after a post-game celebration. Really the answers our listeners deserve.

Guests: an interview with the Senior Editor of Yahoo! Sports Blogs, Jamie Mottram about his infamous interview with Reggie Jackson (covered way-back-when on Episode #2 of this show) .

Topics include: worst team name in professional sports, high school athlete footage, sports injuries, playoff baseball, and creative field modifications.




Episode 32
September 28, 2009






We also chatted about last weekend's hideous throw-back jerseys that a variety of NFL teams wore in Week 3. The recent collection included the Tennessee Titans wearing some relatively-recent Houston Oilers throw-back jerseys and Bacott pondered if it would be possible for the Baltimore Ravens to wear some "old school" Cleveland Browns jerseys...while playing the current Cleveland Browns.

We also managed to sneak in a little "Thoughts From a Message Board" regarding this column. Intriguing stuff, as always.

Guests: Jay Busbee (Manages the golf and NASCAR blogs for Yahoo! Sports) and Will Brinson (Editor in Chief at Buster Sports.com, featured blogger for AOL's FanHouse).

Topics include: worst team name in professional sports, high school athlete footage, sports injuries, playoff baseball, and creative field modifications.




Episode 30
September 15, 2009






Mr. Sebek and Mr. Bacott conduct a little Week One Random NFL Observations as well as chat a little "This Week in History" - where we recap a variety of interesting nuggets that occurred in the weird, wild, world (+2 blogging points for good usage of alliteration) of sports yesteryear.

Guests: Jon Pyle from Pyle of List and True Slant and Chris Littmann from FirstCuts, The Sporting Blog and The Baseline.

Topics include: stadium bathroom infractions, Week One NFL surprises, Abbott & Costello and sports equipment rule changes.




Episode 29
September 9, 2009






In lieu of the holiday weekend, Sebek and Bacott forego the weekly "Wiffle Ball" round table to speak intelligently about just how bad the Pittsburgh Pirates have sucked for the past 17 years. It really is quite impressive. Have you ever wondered how many seasons the Pirates never played above .500 baseball? Or what about the amount of talent that they traded away in 17 years? We have your answers.

Guests: No guests this week; just the soothing tones of Mr. Sebek and Mr. Bacott.

Topics include: The 1918 World Series (Red Sox/Cubs), the Pittsburgh Pirates' suckitude, and NFL "Thoughts from the Message Board".




Episode 28
September 1, 2009






After a week off, Episode 28 began with discussion about the new "JoeSportsFan Radio Network" and talk about the infamous 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, which may stand as the shittiest Olympic Games ever.

Guests: Sarah Spain (MouthpieceSports.com) and Ryan Hudson (RealClearSports.com).

Topics include: dumbest rule/scoring decision in sports, terrible "athlete after their prime" jerseys, one coach you'd like to play for, and most surprising 2009 NFL team.




Episode 27
August 18, 2009






Episode 27 began by reliving the ridiculous details behind the infamous George Brett "pinetar game". As it turns out, there's plenty more to the story than Brett emerging from the dugout like a crazed lunatic. Before and after the weekly "Wiffle Ball" round table, we give our 2009 NFL Previews.

Guests: Tim Ryan (The Sports Hernia) and show newbie, Stephen Douglas (Cousins of Ron Mexico).

Topics include: slugging Brett Favre in the teeth, best sport to watch in HD, athlete meltdowns and sitting in on one disciplinary meeting with Roger Goodell.




Episode 26
August 11, 2009






The fellas began the episode talking about the big baseball card news last week. Topps has been given exclusive access to use MLB team names and logos on their baseball cards. Others cannot. Pretty big news. Well, for us. Thus, we broke down the decline of the baseball card "industry" with a little assistance from our friend, Don West.

Guests: Jon Pyle - who manages (Pyle Of List) and is a featured contributor for (True Slant) and Jerod Morris - a fellow Midwesterner and, well, that guy.

Topics include: baseball cards that you thought would pay for college, past pitchers throwing for your home team, least glorious umpiring/official gig.




Episode 25
August 4, 2009






Sebek and Bacott began the show talking about "This Week in History" (August 3rd) and transitioned into a riveting discussion about "Jock Rock", the infamous compilation of the "Greatest Crowd Rocking Anthems of All Time". We played a few of the anthems and it brought back nostalgic, backyard memories of athletic domination while listening to the American classic on the boom-box.

Guests: Dan Steinberg (The Washington Post's "DCSportsBog") and Dan Shanoff (DanShanoff.com and TimTeblog.com)

Topics include: stupid stadium promotional giveaways, fascinating Twitter athletes, athletes that could fight in the MMA, and missing "old school" aspects of sports.




Episode 24
July 28, 2009






A little change of pace for the JoeSportsFan Show as Sebek and Bacott began Episode 24 talking about oddities that occurred during "this week in history". Sebek and Bacott also observed athletes currently on this week's top "Google Trends"...as compared them to the top Google searches that led people to this here site. Quite a comparison. Post "Wiffle Ball" discussion involved chatter about ESPN sending baseball analysts closer to the field in the July 27, 2009 game between the Cardinals and Dodgers.

Guests: Chris Mottram (SB Nation, Mister Irrelevant.com) and Spencer Hall (The Sporting Blog, EDSBS.com).

Topics include: putting sports analysts in strategic locations, "Jock Jams", signature athlete equipment and the best nicknames in sports.




Episode 23
July 21, 2009






Episode 23 began by discussing a hot-button topic on JoeSportsFan.com; namely, a photo recap of the USA/Canada Adult Mens Slow-Pitch Softball game. The softball hooligans are not happy with Mr. Sebek, as belligerent comments are pouring in by the dozen from angry, mustached, softball hardcores.

Guests: Jimmy Traina (SI.com's "Hot Clicks"), Dan Levy (OnTheDLPodcast.com) and Don Povia (Hugging Harold Reynolds).

Topics include: Seinfeld athletes, inspirational sports movie speeches, worst athlete hair and athlete autobiographies.




Episode 22
July 15, 2009






Sebek and Bacott kicked off Episode 22 of the JoeSportsFan Show talking about the events in and around Busch Stadium this week at the MLB All Star Game. Topics included Stan Musial, Obama's snipers, what it meant for the city of St. Louis, and the high percentage of mustaches, mullets, jean shorts that were represented at the festivities. Fun stuff.

Guests: Round table Guests: JE Skeets (Yahoo!'s "Ball Don't Lie") and Eamonn Brennen (Yahoo!'s "The Dagger" and MouthpieceSports.com).

Topics include: All Star "side events", sniping stadium vendors, athlete pre game rituals, ceremonial first pitches and sports equipment from sports movies.




Episode 21
July 8, 2009






The discussion in the opening segment turned into yet another riveting edition of "Thoughts from a Message Board" with topics ranging from Albert Pujols steroid accusations to bizarre responses to the Steve McNair incident

Guests: Round table Guests: Jason McIntyre from The Big Lead and veteran Tim Ryan from The Sports Hernia.

Topics include: favorite MLB All Star Game, auctioning off the Pontiac Silverdome, creating and marketing a broadcaster-endorsed candy bar, and Ron Artest raps.




Episode 20
June 30, 2009






Sebek and Bacott from JoeSportsFan.com begin Episode 20 talking about the U.S./Brazil Confederation Cup championship and ponder the annoying fan activities in sports. Really, it's a poor excuse to talk about how stupid ThunderSticks really are.

Guests: Round table guests are our very own Patrick Imig, DJ Gallo (ESPN Page 2 and SportsPickle.com) and Jon Pyle (PyleOfList.com).

Topics include: retro professional sports logos, annoying sports statistics, recasting "Major League" and Billy Mays pimping one piece of sports memorabilia.




Episode 19
June 23, 2009






The JoeSportsFan trio (Sebek, Bacott and Imig) is back in studio together after a week off. Bacott saw "The Hangover" which features a cameo by Mike Tyson and began to wonder if there are any athletes, like Tyson, who we largely underestimated as children for various reasons.

Guests: Round table guests are "Greg Wyshynski (Yahoo! Puck Daddy) and Matt Ufford (WithLeather.com).

Topics include: Turning backyard games into EA Sports video games, obscure sports records, playing basketball with one video game athlete.




Episode 18
June 16, 2009






Matt Sebek, from JoeSportsFan, briefly discusses the "Blogs with Balls" conference in NYC and brings in Bernie Miklasz (St. Louis Post Dispatch) and Will Leitch (Deadsin and 'New York' Magazine) to talk about some of the "traditional vs. new school" media topics that emerged from the event.

Topics include: Current/former professional athletes on adult mens softball teams, "credibility" in modern sports coverage, digital tools such as Twitter serving as a complement to traditional media (e.g. print, radio) and what (if anything) have we learned a year later from the Bissenger/Will Leitch exchange.




Episode 17
June 9, 2009






The JoeSportsFan crew of Sebek, Bacott and Imig talk about the construction of a full scale softball field next to Busch Stadium and what it means for the upcoming 2009 All Star Game in their hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

Guests: Round table guests are "Blogs with Balls" panelists, Jimmy Traina (SI.com) and Sarah Spain (Mouthpiece Sports).

Topics include: reuniting 90s sitcoms, sleeping in ticket lines for sporting events, casting one athlete in "Saved by the Bell" and television theme songs as at-bat music




Episode 16
June 2, 2009






Matt Sebek interviews Chris Lucas and Don Povia, the brains behind the upcoming "Blogs with Balls" conference on June 13th in NYC. The trio talks about common misconceptions about the event and bloggers in general.

Guests: Round table guests are Patrick Imig, Tim Ryan (The Sports Hernia) and Ethan Jaynes (NESWSports.com). Not all competitors made it top the end of this round of "Wiffle Ball". We'll just leave it at that.

Topics include: sports movies, championship games, sports psychiatrists and which WWE wrestler you would most like to see playing a "legitimate" sport.




Episode 15
May 27, 2009






The JoeSportsFan trio talked sports mustaches and ab0ut the "Monthly Mustache Shakedown", featured right here by our very own Dr. Aaron. Dan Lebatard sent his "mustache army" to our site last week and they promptly made sure that Dave Wannstedt won the "Best Coaching Mustache" vote last week.

Topics include: sports movies, championship games, sports psychiatrists and which WWE wrestler you would most like to see playing a "legitimate" sport.




Episode 14
May 20, 2009






Bacott and Imig crew discuss another batch of awe-inspiring message board thoughts hovering around the Cubs fans answer to the infamous "Zambrano Mows My Lawn" T-shirt and Bill Simmons taking his claim to be the next general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Guests: Jamie Mottram (Yahoo! Sports and MisterIrrelevant.com) and The Don (HuggingHaroldReynolds.com).

Topics include: celebrity athletes, 80s baseball cards, athlete tirades, Mike Tyson's Punch Out and rare athlete charities.




Episode 13
May 13, 2009






The gang talks about famous #13's and ponders the question, "Do you care if your home team/player is cheating?"

Guests: Jimmy Traina (SI.com), Kevin Kaduk (Yahoo! Sports) and Eamonn Brennan (NBC Chicago and Yahoo! Sports)

Topics include: whacking professional mascots, custom made World Series MVP automobiles, bringing one sports team into a Battle Royal and choosing one ex-professional athletes to play on your softball team.




Episode 12
May 6, 2009






The gang talks about the infamous "Zambrano Mows My Lawn" t-shirt and narrates some of best (read: ridiculous) message board quotes surrounding the topic.

Guests: Dan Shanoff (DanShanoff.com) and AJ Daulerio (Deadspin.com)

Topics include: most desired professional sporting venue, hiring the new ESPN ombudsman, banishing Alex Rodriguez to one country for eternity and putting one figure from the world of sports on a one month media-free sabbatical.




Episode 11
April 29, 2009






Talk about sporting events where the "event" is bigger than the "sport"

Guests: Dan Steinberg (DC Sports Bog) and Dan Levy (OnTheDL Podcast)

Topics include: banning one Major League Baseball game tradition, teleporting into the life of one childhood sitcom star, punching one professional coach/manager in the teeth, disappointing sporting events, biggest gap between the watching "live" and "from the couch" experiences.


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